Women's Suffrage In Chicago: A Century Ago, Women Fight For The Right To Vote (PHOTOS)

03/21/2012 06:23 pm ET
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Considering that one century ago, Chicago was home to one of the nation's most robust local women's suffrage movements, one has to wonder what pioneers like Jane Addams, Ida B. Wells and Grace Wilbur Trout would have said about the city's "extremely low" voter turnout at Tuesday's primary election.

Nevertheless, in the midst of Women's History Month, HuffPost Chicago has partnered with the Chicago History Museum to offer a gallery of photographs in honor of the Chicago women who toiled for voter's rights. The suffragettes' efforts led to a big victory nearly a century ago when, in 1913, Illinois women won the right to vote in presidential and local races.

Photos, unless otherwise noted, appear courtesy of the Chicago History Museum. Click here if you are interested in obtaining a copy of any of the museum's images included in the slideshow. Their call numbers have been included for your reference.

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This wood engraving shows a session of the National Woman's Suffrage Association during a political convention in Chicago, Ill., in 1880. (AP Photo)